Search Tag: Back Pain

There is growing evidence to support the link between neck and back pain and working as an interventional radiologist. Thus, it's important for interventionalists to be aware of this occupational hazard and embrace actions that reduce the risk, according to a review published in Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology.See Also: Radiologists...
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According to researchers, older adults who had spine imaging within six weeks of a new primary care visit for back pain had pain and disability over the following year that was not different from similar patients who did not undergo early imaging.“Among older adults with a new primary care visit for back pain, early imaging was not associated with better...
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Management of back pain appears to be variable, despite numerous published clinical guidelines, according to a report published by JAMA Internal Medicine, on 29 July. Spinal symptoms are among the most common reasons patients visit a physician and more than 10 percent of visits to primary care physicians relate to back and neck pain. John N. Mafi, M.D.,...
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